I bought D&D redbox at a local nook bookstore in northeast Oklahoma when I was about 17, puzzled over why there was an orange crayon in the box, tried to figure it out, and put it in my closet for a couple of years til I had a friend in school and we, with my mom's help ("Mom, what's a Prerequeest?"), muddled through figuring it out together.

From redbox we moved to AD&D2E which I bought at KayBee Toys in the mall in Tulsa and a friend eventually ran Runequest. I bought Car Wars at a garage sale for $7 (marveled over it, but it was way too fiddly, cool to look at and I got ideas from it, but never played anything but simple run-throughs) and from there, went to some conventions, etc. I've always gamed with friends and family so my groups have been friends and those groups have changed, but I've played:

Hey, JP. Welcome to The Citadel. I hope you enjoy a long stay here and can tolerate the flying monkeys and undead waffle-vendors (or was it undead-waffle vendors?). Either way, make sure to comment and vote on submission on the main site. That's where people put in the most effort and we *LOVE* feedback on our ideas. Thanks for joining us, you're a good addition to the team.